Actor Quote by Brad Hall Download Open image “I was very, very happy in Chicago as an actor making $168 a week.” — Brad Hall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor Chicago Happy Making Week
I think I made $55 a week, and it was bliss... I was doing theater. It was all I ever wanted to do. It… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day. — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I enjoyed living in Chicago and doing plays for little or no money. I never actually thought that I would leave Chicago, originally. I… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
I have to admit I've rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York and living… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
It's just hard with New York rent to survive, even if you're lucky to be working. The last Off-Broadway show I did was like… — T R Knight Copy Share Image
I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some friends who… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up. — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
Pretty much from 1979 through 1988, the backbone of my career was the theater. Working on Broadway a couple of times, working off-Broadway, and… — Delroy Lindo Copy Share Image
Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day. — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
I left my apartment in London and I sold everything. I literally had $1000 and a suitcase when I got on the plane. The… — Jane Leeves Copy Share Image
I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
In New York you can actually run into people on the street, unlike in California where you're always in the car. — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
When you romanticize something so extraordinarily in the hopes that it will divert you from agony, you're destined for a letdown. — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
If you drugged me with truth serum and said I can only do one thing, I would probably have to say that I would… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
'Saturday Night Live' is a whole different arena. It's great fun and I love it and that's what we do in the Practical theater.… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
It all depends what you look like. If you look like hell and walk down the street, they think you're just another bum. If… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
You have to run, an awful lot, on instinct. Even on 'Veep,' it's not like you get weeks of rehearsal to break out what's… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
It's nice to be able to sit down and have a discussion about something for more than four minutes, and not look at your… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of lifetime regrets, and very few show business regrets, surely. — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
People are a lot more tolerant when they're home watching TV and they're looking for a laugh. — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
The theater was the place where I felt my first crush, and it's where I got my first kiss. — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
If you're on Thursday night at 8:30, because the history of that time slot has been so disastrous, there's a hell of a lot… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
I always remember what my dad told me when I decided to turn into an actor. He was emphatic that whatever I do, I… — Karthi Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful. — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
An actor doesn't have a regular job. He is dependent upon the roles which are given him. — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
